An overnight house fire destroyed an unoccupied Durham home.
Firefighters with the Durham Fire Department on Tuesday responded to a home in the 100 block of Sherron Road after midnight.
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The single-story home was overcome with smoke and flames when crews arrived.
Firefighters searched the house to determine no one was inside, and it took 20 minutes to bring the fire under control.
There was extensive smoke and fire damage throughout the home, which was vacant and without utility service.
No one was injured.
The Fire Marshall's Office is investigating the cause of the fire.